Re: save translate error

[John Darrington]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:17:32AM -0600, Alan Mead wrote:
     
     I guess not.  The code below that saves "test data.csv" produces the
     error shown when I try to use "My Documents" but it works fine when I
     use "Documents":
     
     save translate
     /outfile ="C:\Users\amead\My Documents\test data.csv"
     /type = csv
     /fieldnames
     /cells = values
     /keep v3 v1 to v2.
     
     error: Replacing C:\Users\amead\My Documents\test data.csv.tmpA8dGMU by C:
     \Users\amead\My Documents\test data.csv: No such file or directory.
     
     save translate
     /outfile ="C:\Users\amead\Documents\test data.csv"
     /type = csv
     /fieldnames
     /cells = values
     /keep v3 v1 to v2.
     
     (no error, file is created)
     

This is a perfect illustration of problems which crop up with windows.
The problem is that "My Documents" is a so call "Special Folder"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Documents
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_folder

That means, they it cannot be accessed in the normal way that other directories
can.  You will have to choose another directory (or another operating system).

J'

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